Leisure and theme park attendants
Leisure and theme park attendants monitor the operation of amusement arcades, check tickets of entry to theatres and cinemas and show people to their seats, operate rides at funfairs and theme parks, entertain and look after guests at holiday camps and supervise museums and art galleries.
- Employees (UK)
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- Median annual pay
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- Exposure score ?
- 0.9/10 Minimal 1.8/10 Minimal strict reading, with tools is 1.8/10 with-tools reading, strict is 0.9/10
- Wage exposure
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Higher exposure than 52% of the 379 UK occupations we scored.
What this score means.
Most of this role's work is still hard for AI: physical presence, practised skill, judgement in context and direct care, the things that do not turn into text.
If you are in this role
Nothing here is under pressure today, but the frontier moves. Learn enough to direct AI at the paperwork around the job. People in hands-on roles who can do that become unusually useful inside their organisations.
Most of this role's work is still hard for AI: physical presence, practised skill, judgement in context and direct care, the things that do not turn into text.
If you are in this role
Nothing here is under pressure today, but the frontier moves. Learn enough to direct AI at the paperwork around the job. People in hands-on roles who can do that become unusually useful inside their organisations.
Where the work usually starts.
These are the most important tasks a language model can already handle directly. In a typical engagement the first wins come from building workflows around them, so they stop eating the team's time.
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Manage inventory or sale of artist merchandise.
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Assist patrons by giving directions to points in or outside of the facility or providing information about local attractions.
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Schedule or manage staff, such as volunteer usher corps.
These are the most important tasks AI can already handle when paired with the right tools and context. The first wins usually come from building workflows around them. That is the difference between a model that could do the job and one that actually does it inside your business.
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Manage inventory or sale of artist merchandise.
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Examine tickets or passes to verify authenticity, using criteria such as color or date issued.
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Assist patrons by giving directions to points in or outside of the facility or providing information about local attractions.
Every role has three or four places like these. Finding them takes an hour. Turning them into a workflow your team actually uses takes a few days.
Every task in the role.
Every O*NET task for this occupation, split by what AI can do unaided and what still needs a person. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central each task is.
Tasks via O*NET "Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers" (39-3031.00).
What AI can already do
3 of 23 tasks, unaided
Manage inventory or sale of artist merchandise.
Assist patrons by giving directions to points in or outside of the facility or providing information about local attractions.
Schedule or manage staff, such as volunteer usher corps.
What still needs a person
20 of 23 tasks
Greet patrons attending entertainment events.
Operate refreshment stands during intermission or obtain refreshments for press box patrons during performances.
Count and record number of tickets collected.
Lead tours and answer visitors' questions about the exhibits.
Sell or collect admission tickets, passes, or facility memberships from patrons at entertainment events.
Clean facilities.
Settle seating disputes or help solve other customer concerns.
Examine tickets or passes to verify authenticity, using criteria such as color or date issued.
Provide assistance with patrons' special needs, such as helping those with wheelchairs.
Guide patrons to exits or provide other instructions or assistance in case of emergency.
Verify credentials of patrons desiring entrance into press box and permit only authorized persons to enter.
Refuse admittance to undesirable persons or persons without tickets or passes.
Distribute programs to patrons.
Assist patrons in finding seats, lighting the way with flashlights, if necessary.
Maintain order and ensure adherence to safety rules.
Give door checks to patrons who are temporarily leaving establishments.
Search for lost articles or for parents of lost children.
Manage informational kiosks or displays of event signs or posters.
Work with others to change advertising displays.
Page individuals wanted at the box office.
Tasks via O*NET "Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers" (39-3031.00).
What AI can already do
4 of 23 tasks, with tools
Manage inventory or sale of artist merchandise.
Examine tickets or passes to verify authenticity, using criteria such as color or date issued.
Assist patrons by giving directions to points in or outside of the facility or providing information about local attractions.
Schedule or manage staff, such as volunteer usher corps.
What still needs a person
19 of 23 tasks
Greet patrons attending entertainment events.
Operate refreshment stands during intermission or obtain refreshments for press box patrons during performances.
Count and record number of tickets collected.
Lead tours and answer visitors' questions about the exhibits.
Sell or collect admission tickets, passes, or facility memberships from patrons at entertainment events.
Clean facilities.
Settle seating disputes or help solve other customer concerns.
Provide assistance with patrons' special needs, such as helping those with wheelchairs.
Guide patrons to exits or provide other instructions or assistance in case of emergency.
Verify credentials of patrons desiring entrance into press box and permit only authorized persons to enter.
Refuse admittance to undesirable persons or persons without tickets or passes.
Distribute programs to patrons.
Assist patrons in finding seats, lighting the way with flashlights, if necessary.
Maintain order and ensure adherence to safety rules.
Give door checks to patrons who are temporarily leaving establishments.
Search for lost articles or for parents of lost children.
Manage informational kiosks or displays of event signs or posters.
Work with others to change advertising displays.
Page individuals wanted at the box office.
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What it means for your sector.
This role's score comes from Eloundou et al's 2023 task labels, weighted by O*NET importance within each O*NET-SOC code, then bridged to UK SOC 2020 through ISCO-08 (the ONS coding index) and US SOC 2010 (the BLS crosswalk). Employment and median pay come from ONS ASHE Table 14.7a, 2025 provisional, which covers employees only.
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Pictures
- "Census pantograph and 1930s keypunches" by U.S. Census Bureau employees, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- "Shepard Barclay, St. Louis lawyer, in his office" by Missouri Historical Society via DPLA, no known copyright restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
- "Accountant's Office LCCN2016824374" by National Photo Company Collection, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- "Employment service in Oulu in the spring 1931" by Finnish Heritage Agency (Museovirasto), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons